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Table 2 Injury region of injuries in climbing, whereas “n.r.” means not reported, “m:f” means male:female

From: Injuries in alpine summer sports - types, frequency and prevention: a systematic review

Author

Investi-gation period

m:f (%)

mean age

Number of injuries

Number of injured riders

Amateurs/elites

Type of injury

Injury location

Upper extremity

Lower extremity

Trunk & Spine

Head & Neck

Shoulder

Hand/finger

Upper/lower arm

Hip/thigh

Knee/calf

Foot/ankle

Logan et al. [42]

n.r

91:09

50

n.r

545

Amateurs and elites

Hand and finger injuries

n.r

28%

n.r

n.r

n.r

n.r

n.r

n.r

Wyatt et al. [44]

1992–1993

79:21

29

19

n.r

n.r

all

n.r

21%

n.r

0%

26%

37%

16%

n.r

Mashkovskiy et al. [56]

2014

n.r.

n.r

21

n.r

Amateurs

All

n.r

n.r

5%

33%

14%

n.r

5%

43%

Schöffl et al. [8]

2009—2012

n.r.

34.1

911

n.r

Amateurs and elites

All

17.2%

65.1%

9.1%

0.4%

2.1%

3.8%

1.9%

n.r

Lack et al. [45]

1998 -2011

78:22

n.r

n.r

242

Amateurs and elites

All

2%

2.5%

29.5%

16.5%

17%

   

Schöffl et al. [8]

2005

90:10

n.r

4

n.r

Elites

All

n.r

n.r

n.r

n.r

50%

25%

25%

n.r

Rugg et al. [37]

2005–2018

79:21

n.r

1503

1450

Amateurs

All

8.7%

9.4%

2.2%

4.5%

10.9%

27.1%

0.4%

21.2%

Bowie et al. [57]

1984–1987

88:12

n.r

451

220

Amateurs

All

2%

12%

2%

10%

12%

54%

4%

4%

Lum et al. [55]

2017–2018

83:17

27.4

432

237

Amateurs

All

17.3%

41.9%

2.8%

7.4%

19.9%

3.7%

n.r

 

Lutter et al. [48]

2017–2018

69:31

30.8

633

436

Amateurs

All

18.2%

48.7%

10%

1.7%

8.2%

8.6%

2.8%

0.7%

Identeg et al. [54]

2008–2019

79:21

n.r

38

38

Amateurs

All

5%

5%

3%

66%

13%

3%